Research Status of Laterite Nickel Ore Processing Technology

Wang Zhaizhai; Li Bo; Wei Yonggang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2022.05.017

2022 No. 5

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Wang Zhaizhai, Li Bo, Wei Yonggang. Research Status of Laterite Nickel Ore Processing Technology[J]. Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, 2022, 43(5): 96-102. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2022.05.017

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Wang Zhaizhai, Li Bo, Wei Yonggang. Research Status of Laterite Nickel Ore Processing Technology[J]. Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources, 2022, 43(5): 96-102. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6532.2022.05.017

Research Status of Laterite Nickel Ore Processing Technology

State Key Laboratory of Complex Non-ferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Engineering Research Center of Metallurgical Energy Conservation & Emission Reduction, Ministry of Education, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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Corresponding author: Wei Yonggang, weiygcp@aliyun.com

Received Date: 28 August 2022

Revised Date: 22 September 2022

Publish Date: 25 October 2022

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Recently, the depletion of nickel sulfide resources barely meet the increasing demand and laterite nickel ore gain a special attention as the main source of nickel in the future. Even laterite nickel ore has become a hot spot of research due to its rich reserves, easy mining, and convenient transportation, the effective treatment and efficient utilization of laterite nickel ore is still very appealing. In this article, we mainly introduces the smelting methods and technologies of different laterite nickel ore from different ore layers, summarizes the laterite nickel ore of different ore layers and their applicable smelting processes, analyzes the processing technology of different laterite nickel ore, and realizes different types of laterite comprehensive utilization of nickel ore.
- Laterite nickel ore /
- Hydrometallurgy /
- Pyrometallurgy /
- Research status

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